"You've got to get the job done, whatever it takes - that's the cowboy way."
     --Cody Lambert

"The great cowboys are the ones with the biggest hearts."
    --Ty Murray

"Cowboys don't worry what people think of their musical tastes."
    --Jesse Mullines, American Cowboy July/August 2001

An Old Cowboy's Advice

*Keep your fences horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
*Keep skunks, and bankers, and lawyers at a distance.
*Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

*A bumble bee is considerable faster than a John Deere tractor.
*Words that soak into your ears are whispered....not yelled.
*Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

*Forgive your enemies.  It messes up their heads.
*Don't corner something that would normally run from you.
*It doesn't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

*You cannot unsay a cruel word.
*Every path has a few puddles.
*When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

*The best sermons are lived, not preached.
*Most of the stuff people worry about is never gonna happen anyway.
*Don't judge folks by their relatives.

*Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
*Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
*Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

*Sometimes you get,  and sometimes you get got.
*Don't fix it if it ain't broke.
*Always drink upstream from the herd.

*Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
*If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's
  dog around.
*Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply.  Speak kindly.